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Vol. 11, No. 10
THE GAUNTLET, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1970
The University of Calgary
Southern U.S. Democrat
reveals truth on FLQ
NEW YORK (CUPI) —
The Front de Liberation
du Quebec is a Red Chinese revolutionary group
"determined to overthrow
the Canadian government
and establish a people's
Republic of Canada," says
John R, Rarick, Louisiana
Democrat.
A member of the U. S.
House of Representatives,
Rarick says that "despite
the recognition of the communist threat (FLQ), Mr.
Trudeau and -his govern
ment extended diplomatic
recognition to the government of Red China and have
given indication of supporting the Red Chinese admission to the United Nations."
Apparently this act of recognizing China is part of
an attempt by the "left
wing extremist" Trudeau
to play games "with the
Canadian people and their
attention is being diverted
by a skillful manoeuver in
sensitivity training."
Mr. Rarick also criticized the news commentators
for "no longer" describing
the FLQ as a "communist
Chinese movement." The
media, Rarick says may be
fearful of embarrassing
"Canada's new ally. Red
China."
Mr. Trudeau has exploited the realities of the situation magnificently," Rarick said in all seriousness.
"The shock troops of the
FLQ are safely in jail protected from the Canadian
people and Trudeau's
ideological friends of Red
China have been extended
diplomatic recognition
without any backlash. . ."
Rarick is worried about
what these latest diplomatic moves by Canada will
mean to the safety of U.S.
democracy.
"And we of the United
States now have Castro and
the Soviet fleet on the
south — Trudeau on the
north — our fighting men
in South Vietnam — and
our attention directed to
Middle East.
"Where next? Bonn?
London? or here in the
United States?"
To date, the FLQ have
not made public any plans
to invade America, and attempts at confirming Ra-
rick's inside information
have thus far proved fruitless.
FLQ'er captured by police:
signs kidnapping statement
MONTREAL (CUPI) — A
breakdown of FLQ discipline in the person of
captured Bernard Lortie
whom authorities now describe as "very co-operative" may give the police the
breakthrough they have
been hoping for in the
search for the abductors
of James Cross and Pierre
Laporte.
The 19 year old university student and member
of the Chenier Cell of the
Front de Liberation du Quebec which kidnapped and
later killed Quebec Labor
Minister Pierre Laporte,
was picked up by police
Friday evening in an apartment near Mount Royal, a
wealthy area of Montreal.
After a two hour interrogation, he signed a long
statement and early Saturday morning accompanied
police on a re-enactment of
the Laporte kidnapping.
Lortie became key witness
in the coroner's inquest
into the death of Laporte
Saturday. He identified the
other members of the Cell
as Jacques Rose, his brother
Paul and Francis Simard.
Another star witness was
the mother of the two Rose
brothers. Mrs. Rose testified that on Oct. 5, when
Cross was kidnapped, she
and the four Chenier Cell
members had just arrived
by car from Texas.
After an excited conference the men decided to return to Montreal, arriving
back at their Armstrong St.
home on the twelfth.
Mrs. Rose quotes her sons
as saying of the abduction,
"are they ever stupid. They
know well that the government will never bend for
that kind of a man."
Said Lortie: "We felt that
the Cross affair wasn't
moving fast enough. We
decided to kidnap Laporte."
On Oct. 10, after checking to see that Laporte's
car was at his home, Lortie
returned to the house where
the group watched Justice
Minister Jerome Choquet-
te's statement on television. They wanted to make
sure that the government
had not decided to accede
to the demands of the Liberation Cell for the release
of James Cross.
What they heard was
Choquette's hard line on
"extortion".
The four donned trench
coats and collected their
weapons, Simarda and Jacques Rose put on wigs
Lortie put on an army hat
with eve holes cut in the
flap.
The abduction was a suc
cess.
Lortie says that he was
responsible for most of the
Chenier Cell communiques.
The first offered some explanation for their choice
of Laporte, when it styled
him "the minister of unemployment and assimilation
of Québécois."
The second communique
issued Sunday with still no
favorable response from
the governments warned:
"The least hesitation by the
established authorities will
be fatal for the minister
. . . you must not ask too
much of us."
The communiques were
designed to publicize the
immediate demands and the
political aims and hopes of
the FLQ, as well as to provide communication links
with the government and
the Liberation Cell.
On Wednesday, the two
Cells issued a joint statement, and Paul Rose, having been followed closely
by police in downtown Montreal left the house and did
not return.
On Friday, Oct. 16, the
War Measures Act was implemented. The three
maining men were listening
to the radio when they
heard the sound of breaking glass from the window
which heralded Laporte's
unsuccess f u 1 escape attempt.
Lortie washed and bound
the cuts on Laporte's
wrists, then left to meet
Paul Rose in a Montreal
subway station to inform
him of the attempt. They
decided that neither should
return to Armstrong St.
When the house was
raided by police the next
day, a QPP (Quebec Provincial Police) detective commented: "The whole house
is a mess. It looks like there
was a hell of a fight. The
walls are full of holes and
the furniture in the place
is smashed."
Evidently Laporte, left
alone with Simard and Jacques Rose, had made a second escape attempt and
failed. At midnight, he was
found strangled in the
trunk of the original kidnap
car on the air base in St.
Hubert.
Abortion information
available in Calgary
By MARY ANN
"All chldren should be
wanted." So reads a line in
the declaration of the Calgary Information Centre.
But it also reads "No
woman nor her family
should have to face the
hardships of a child for
which she is economically
unprepared." The Information Centre was opened
November 3 to serve this
need. Its staff of 16 trained
councillors are able to provide the information necessary to obtain safe,
legal abortions. Abortions
can be obtained if continuing the pregnancy would
seriously harm the mother's physical or mental
health.
"This is not abortion on
demand" emphasized Linda Morill of the Centre.
"Some doctors fear "repeat patients." Our councillors are trained to advise on the alternatives to
abortion and to advise on
birth control. The Centre
makes a point of steering
women towards the use of
contraceptives."
The Centre is concerned
with the attempt to have
abortion removed from' the
criminal code and to have
technical facilities for
therapeutic abortion improved and expanded.
This attempt is separate
from the Women's Liberation movement which is
working towards the same
goal. The Centre is a-
political, wishing support
from everyone.
In its 5 days of operation the Centre has already helped 13 women, 3
of whom have already had
their abortions. The whole
procedure will usually
take about 2 weeks.
The Centre is still contacting city doctors. Of
those sounded out about
50 per cent call the Centre "unwise" and 50 per
cent call it "about time."
Says Linda Morrill, "They
either won't talk to you at
all or welcome you with
open arms."
Women wishing to contact the Centre should
phone 269-5835 for an
appointment and interview.
"A woman's decision
not to have a child is a
sufficient and proper justification for obtaining an
abortion."
C.A.I. Centre

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tfi« eauntlet
Vol. 11, No. 10
THE GAUNTLET, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1970
The University of Calgary
Southern U.S. Democrat
reveals truth on FLQ
NEW YORK (CUPI) —
The Front de Liberation
du Quebec is a Red Chinese revolutionary group
"determined to overthrow
the Canadian government
and establish a people's
Republic of Canada," says
John R, Rarick, Louisiana
Democrat.
A member of the U. S.
House of Representatives,
Rarick says that "despite
the recognition of the communist threat (FLQ), Mr.
Trudeau and -his govern
ment extended diplomatic
recognition to the government of Red China and have
given indication of supporting the Red Chinese admission to the United Nations."
Apparently this act of recognizing China is part of
an attempt by the "left
wing extremist" Trudeau
to play games "with the
Canadian people and their
attention is being diverted
by a skillful manoeuver in
sensitivity training."
Mr. Rarick also criticized the news commentators
for "no longer" describing
the FLQ as a "communist
Chinese movement." The
media, Rarick says may be
fearful of embarrassing
"Canada's new ally. Red
China."
Mr. Trudeau has exploited the realities of the situation magnificently," Rarick said in all seriousness.
"The shock troops of the
FLQ are safely in jail protected from the Canadian
people and Trudeau's
ideological friends of Red
China have been extended
diplomatic recognition
without any backlash. . ."
Rarick is worried about
what these latest diplomatic moves by Canada will
mean to the safety of U.S.
democracy.
"And we of the United
States now have Castro and
the Soviet fleet on the
south — Trudeau on the
north — our fighting men
in South Vietnam — and
our attention directed to
Middle East.
"Where next? Bonn?
London? or here in the
United States?"
To date, the FLQ have
not made public any plans
to invade America, and attempts at confirming Ra-
rick's inside information
have thus far proved fruitless.
FLQ'er captured by police:
signs kidnapping statement
MONTREAL (CUPI) — A
breakdown of FLQ discipline in the person of
captured Bernard Lortie
whom authorities now describe as "very co-operative" may give the police the
breakthrough they have
been hoping for in the
search for the abductors
of James Cross and Pierre
Laporte.
The 19 year old university student and member
of the Chenier Cell of the
Front de Liberation du Quebec which kidnapped and
later killed Quebec Labor
Minister Pierre Laporte,
was picked up by police
Friday evening in an apartment near Mount Royal, a
wealthy area of Montreal.
After a two hour interrogation, he signed a long
statement and early Saturday morning accompanied
police on a re-enactment of
the Laporte kidnapping.
Lortie became key witness
in the coroner's inquest
into the death of Laporte
Saturday. He identified the
other members of the Cell
as Jacques Rose, his brother
Paul and Francis Simard.
Another star witness was
the mother of the two Rose
brothers. Mrs. Rose testified that on Oct. 5, when
Cross was kidnapped, she
and the four Chenier Cell
members had just arrived
by car from Texas.
After an excited conference the men decided to return to Montreal, arriving
back at their Armstrong St.
home on the twelfth.
Mrs. Rose quotes her sons
as saying of the abduction,
"are they ever stupid. They
know well that the government will never bend for
that kind of a man."
Said Lortie: "We felt that
the Cross affair wasn't
moving fast enough. We
decided to kidnap Laporte."
On Oct. 10, after checking to see that Laporte's
car was at his home, Lortie
returned to the house where
the group watched Justice
Minister Jerome Choquet-
te's statement on television. They wanted to make
sure that the government
had not decided to accede
to the demands of the Liberation Cell for the release
of James Cross.
What they heard was
Choquette's hard line on
"extortion".
The four donned trench
coats and collected their
weapons, Simarda and Jacques Rose put on wigs
Lortie put on an army hat
with eve holes cut in the
flap.
The abduction was a suc
cess.
Lortie says that he was
responsible for most of the
Chenier Cell communiques.
The first offered some explanation for their choice
of Laporte, when it styled
him "the minister of unemployment and assimilation
of Québécois."
The second communique
issued Sunday with still no
favorable response from
the governments warned:
"The least hesitation by the
established authorities will
be fatal for the minister
. . . you must not ask too
much of us."
The communiques were
designed to publicize the
immediate demands and the
political aims and hopes of
the FLQ, as well as to provide communication links
with the government and
the Liberation Cell.
On Wednesday, the two
Cells issued a joint statement, and Paul Rose, having been followed closely
by police in downtown Montreal left the house and did
not return.
On Friday, Oct. 16, the
War Measures Act was implemented. The three
maining men were listening
to the radio when they
heard the sound of breaking glass from the window
which heralded Laporte's
unsuccess f u 1 escape attempt.
Lortie washed and bound
the cuts on Laporte's
wrists, then left to meet
Paul Rose in a Montreal
subway station to inform
him of the attempt. They
decided that neither should
return to Armstrong St.
When the house was
raided by police the next
day, a QPP (Quebec Provincial Police) detective commented: "The whole house
is a mess. It looks like there
was a hell of a fight. The
walls are full of holes and
the furniture in the place
is smashed."
Evidently Laporte, left
alone with Simard and Jacques Rose, had made a second escape attempt and
failed. At midnight, he was
found strangled in the
trunk of the original kidnap
car on the air base in St.
Hubert.
Abortion information
available in Calgary
By MARY ANN
"All chldren should be
wanted." So reads a line in
the declaration of the Calgary Information Centre.
But it also reads "No
woman nor her family
should have to face the
hardships of a child for
which she is economically
unprepared." The Information Centre was opened
November 3 to serve this
need. Its staff of 16 trained
councillors are able to provide the information necessary to obtain safe,
legal abortions. Abortions
can be obtained if continuing the pregnancy would
seriously harm the mother's physical or mental
health.
"This is not abortion on
demand" emphasized Linda Morill of the Centre.
"Some doctors fear "repeat patients." Our councillors are trained to advise on the alternatives to
abortion and to advise on
birth control. The Centre
makes a point of steering
women towards the use of
contraceptives."
The Centre is concerned
with the attempt to have
abortion removed from' the
criminal code and to have
technical facilities for
therapeutic abortion improved and expanded.
This attempt is separate
from the Women's Liberation movement which is
working towards the same
goal. The Centre is a-
political, wishing support
from everyone.
In its 5 days of operation the Centre has already helped 13 women, 3
of whom have already had
their abortions. The whole
procedure will usually
take about 2 weeks.
The Centre is still contacting city doctors. Of
those sounded out about
50 per cent call the Centre "unwise" and 50 per
cent call it "about time."
Says Linda Morrill, "They
either won't talk to you at
all or welcome you with
open arms."
Women wishing to contact the Centre should
phone 269-5835 for an
appointment and interview.
"A woman's decision
not to have a child is a
sufficient and proper justification for obtaining an
abortion."
C.A.I. Centre